Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Collection: Congressional Research Service Reportshttp://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/CRSR/browse/?fq=str_location_country:United+States&fq=str_location_country:Belgium2012-11-30T09:28:34-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Collection: Congressional Research Service ReportsU.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism2012-11-30T09:28:34-06:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122344/<p><a href="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122344/"><img alt="U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism" title="U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism" src="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122344/small/"/></a></p><p>This report examines the evolution of counterterrorism cooperation between the United States and the European Union (EU), particularly since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It includes a discussion of U.S.-EU cooperation progress and ongoing challenges, as well as perspectives and issues for Congress.</p>U.S.-EU Trade and Economic Relations: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress2012-09-19T20:16:14-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103133/<p><a href="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103133/"><img alt="U.S.-EU Trade and Economic Relations: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress" title="U.S.-EU Trade and Economic Relations: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress" src="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103133/small/"/></a></p><p>This report examines the trade relations between the United States, the European Union, and China.</p>U.S. and EU Agricultural Support: Overview and Comparison2012-08-31T21:48:36-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99029/<p><a href="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99029/"><img alt="U.S. and EU Agricultural Support: Overview and Comparison" title="U.S. and EU Agricultural Support: Overview and Comparison" src="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99029/small/"/></a></p><p>This report uses data from two public sources to compare agricultural support between the United States and the European Union (EU): (1) estimates of domestic support for agricultural programs based on World Trade Organization (WTO) notifications; and (2) the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD's) country-level policy database. Each of these data sources uses a slightly different metric to evaluate agricultural support. The report includes an overview of farm programs in the U.S. and EU, comparisons of support based on the metrics, and conclusions with policy implications.</p>The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development2012-08-31T21:48:36-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99122/<p><a href="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99122/"><img alt="The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development" title="The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development" src="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99122/small/"/></a></p><p>This report provides a background of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) financial crisis and the issues for Congress.</p>U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism2012-08-07T13:52:45-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96815/<p><a href="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96815/"><img alt="U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism" title="U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism" src="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96815/small/"/></a></p><p>This report examines the evolution of counterterrorism cooperation between the United States and the European Union (EU), particularly since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It includes a discussion of U.S.-EU cooperation progress and ongoing challenges, as well as perspectives and issues for Congress.</p>The European Union's Energy Security Challenges2012-07-24T12:39:36-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc94072/<p><a href="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc94072/"><img alt="The European Union's Energy Security Challenges" title="The European Union's Energy Security Challenges" src="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc94072/small/"/></a></p><p>This report examines some of Europe's critical energy security challenges and EU efforts to coordinate a common European energy strategy. It also includes an overview of broader transatlantic energy security cooperation and will be updated as needed.</p>World Trade Organization Negotiations: The Doha Development Agenda2012-07-24T12:39:36-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93974/<p><a href="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93974/"><img alt="World Trade Organization Negotiations: The Doha Development Agenda" title="World Trade Organization Negotiations: The Doha Development Agenda" src="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93974/small/"/></a></p><p>This report discusses the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations, begun in November 2001, which has entered its 11th year. The report includes background on Doha and the significance fo the negotiations as well as a breakdown of issues on the Doha agenda and the role of the Congress.</p>U.S. - EU Poultry Dispute2012-07-03T07:51:21-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc87130/<p><a href="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc87130/"><img alt="U.S. - EU Poultry Dispute" title="U.S. - EU Poultry Dispute" src="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc87130/small/"/></a></p><p>This report discusses the European Union (EU) refusal to accept U.S. imports of poultry treated with antimicrobial rinses. Prior to 1997, when the prohibition took effect, U.S. exports of broiler and turkey meat to the 15 countries that then constituted the EU were reported to total nearly 32,000 MT with a value of $44.4 million.</p>The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development2012-06-15T10:07:48-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86666/<p><a href="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86666/"><img alt="The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development" title="The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development" src="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86666/small/"/></a></p><p>This report provides a background of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), financial crisis and the issues for Congress.</p>The Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Background and Key Issues2012-06-15T10:07:48-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86556/<p><a href="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86556/"><img alt="The Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Background and Key Issues" title="The Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Background and Key Issues" src="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86556/small/"/></a></p><p>The proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a new agreement for combating intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement. The ACTA negotiation concluded in October 2010, nearly three years after it began, and negotiating parties released a final text of the agreement in May 2011. Negotiated by the United States, Australia, Canada, the European Union and its 27 member states, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, and Switzerland, the ACTA is intended to build on the IPR protection and enforcement obligations set forth in the 1995 World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement).</p>